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How old is the kingdom of Arendelle according to the movies, books, and comics of the franchise?
Hello Anon and thank you for your question!
There are basically two main but wildly opposing theories about the age of the Kingdom or Arendelle:
1 - It is a "young" kingdom formed less than a century before Frozen. This is supported by some of the novels making references to Runeard and his people "arriving in Arendelle and building themselves a castle".
Excerpts from the Frozen II The Junior Novel Prologue and Dangerous Secrets, ch. 6.
2 - It is an "old" kingdom many centuries old. Some of the novels make references to Aren of Arendelle, a legendary hero and ruler from "the time before time" who settled by the Arenfjord with his people and founded the kingdom. This idea which is very much in line with the history of Arendelle's real-life Nordic neighbours Norway, Denmark and Sweden. Several books and comics make references to ancient relatives of Anna and Elsa and there being at least "ten rulers of Arendelle" who would not exist without it being a kingdom centuries old.
Excerpt from Polar Nights, ch. 10.
A list of known royals and relatives of Anna and Elsa from our 2023 project "Anna and Elsa’s lost family members".
The idea of Runeard as "the founder and builder of the castle" seems to originate around the time of the release of Frozen II and related novels (Forest of Shadows and Dangerous Secrets). Both novels contain some vague references about Runeard and his role in the construction of the castle and possibly in the founding of the kingdom itself (it's not said directly). It's very likely that Runeard's role in Arendelle's history was more fleshed out in some early draft of the movie script but as changes were made, these details were watered down and only traces remain in some books.
In the later novel Polar Nights, nothing is mentioned about Ruenard's connections to Arendelle's past and instead, Aren is credited as the ruler of "Arendelle of old", suggesting Arendelle did in fact pre-date Runeard's rule.
In the anthology-novel All is Found, in the chapter A Midsummer's Song and Dance, there are some references to Runeard being responsible for building the castle but nothing is said about him being the founder of the kingdom.
Our takeaway from this conflicting information is that Disney authors and editors have not been given clear instructions about how to treat the history of Arendelle. It's also impossible to say whether the filmmakers will preserve any of these ideas in Frozen III and Frozen IV.
Below, you will find links to our previous articles on the matter. To make a long story short, depending on the source, Arendelle could have formed as a kingdom as late as the mid/late 18th century or as early as the 6th century AD or even earlier! It depends heavily how you choose to interpret the very limited information we have about Arendelle's history.
Annals of Frozen
Anna and Elsa’s lost family members
Arendelle’s family tree!
Frozen: The History of Arendelle (in collaboration with geekritique)
How does the economy work in the world of Frozen? What kind of coins or bills do they use in the monetary system? I remember Kristoff paying with coins in Frozen when he met Anna, but what kind of currency was it and what was its value?
Frozen Findings: Arendelle's Economy 🪙💶💰
Appreciate the question, Anon!
While the Frozen movies do not show much about Arendelle's economy, the books, comics, and supplementary materials provide many details about trade, currency, businesses, and everyday life in the kingdom.
Although the franchise does not provide a complete economic system, these scattered details allow us to explore how Arendelle operates.
Payment Methods
Coins and Banknotes
Arendelle uses physical currency, including both coins and banknotes. For example, Frozen II features coins bearing Elsa's profile.
In A Frozen Heart, Hans brings a large amount of coins and gives them to Oaken in exchange for information about Anna's whereabouts.
Similarly, in All Is Found #1: Anna of Arendelle and the Silver Skates, Anna has a lot of coins in her pocket when she sneaks out of the castle to attend the ice skating competition. She then uses the coins to pay the entry fee for the competition.
While banknotes appear in the Dark Horse comic Breaking Boundaries.
However, money is not the only way people trade. The books also shows examples of bartering and payment in kind, suggesting that traditional exchange methods still exist alongside the use of currency.
Bartering
We can see this in Conceal, Don't Feel, where Anna regularly trades goods with the grocer Goran while living in Harmon.
Another example appears in The Fixer Upper. Since Bulda and Cliff are trolls and do not use money, Kristoff usually trades fresh mushrooms for his clothes.
Payment in Kind
Sometimes payment is also made in kind. For example in the Dark Horse comic Breaking Boundaries, Anna and Princess Mari help Oaken run his shop, and instead of receiving money, they are given food.
Currency Units
Although we can confirm that Arendelle uses coins and banknotes, the franchise never officially reveals the name of its currency or the exact denominations used in the kingdom.
One of the few clues comes from Once Upon a Snowman, where Wandering Oaken Trading Post sells Anna's coronation outfit for 55,-. The way the price is written resembles Scandinavian currency notation, where a number followed by ",-" is commonly used to indicate a whole currency amount.
Other than that, the franchise only occasionally mentions numbers without specifying the currency. For example, in Frozen, we hear:
"That'll be forty."
"Forty? No, ten."
Various books also refer to "coins" or "money", but never identify the actual currency units used in Arendelle.
As for the currency itself, modern Norway uses kroner (krone) and øre (1 krone = 100 øre). Since the price tag in Once Upon a Snowman is written as 55,-, it appears Disney intended it to represent 55 kroner, as the ",-" notation is commonly used with the Norwegian krone.
Notably, the song "Hygge" in Frozen: The Musical also mentions the word "kroner."
If we all die… keep this stuff as a loaner
If we survive… you owe ten thousand kroner
We also have concept art of Arendelle's coins.
However, based on Norwegian history, the currency used around 1843 would not have been kroner and øre. At that time, Norway's official currency was speciedaler and skilling. The krone and øre were only introduced later, in 1875, when Norway adopted the Scandinavian Monetary Union.
Also based on the concept art above, we can see what appears to be a 20-unit coin. However, according to historical currency records, there was no 20 skilling or speciedaler coin, while a 20 kroner coin did exist (and is still in use today).
Hence, we came up with a fan theory: Arendelle has its own currency that is only used within Arendelle. If we want to match it with real-world history, I would say Disney probably assumed it was kroner (like in modern-day Norway), but that doesn't fit the actual historical timeline.
Everyday Economy
The franchise shows that citizens in Arendelle participate in various forms of economic activity, including earning income, acquiring goods and services, managing ownership, and supporting local businesses.
Rental and Ownership
Citizens in Arendelle can access goods and property through different financial arrangements, including renting, purchasing, and paying over time.
In Dangerous Secrets, Iduna rents a cottage after earning money by providing technical advice and blueprints to farmers. This shows that housing can be a regular expense and that citizens are responsible for managing their own living costs.
Additionally, the Dark Horse comic Breaking Boundaries mentions that sleds can also be rented.
The franchise also shows that citizens in Arendelle can own personal goods through different payment arrangements. Kristoff's sled is one example of this. In Frozen and A Frozen Heart, he mentions that he has "just paid it off", suggesting that larger purchases could be paid through instalments rather than being paid for all at once.
Meanwhile, in Frozen: The Junior Novelization, Kristoff mentions that he has "just got it", further indicating that the sled was a recent purchase.
Income and Work
The franchise provides many examples of how citizens earn a living and operate businesses. Beyond simply selling goods and services, merchants also use different methods to manage, promote, and grow their businesses.
In the films, Oaken runs the Trading Post, earning income by selling goods and services, while Kristoff works as an ice harvester, supplying ice as his livelihood.
More examples can be found in the books. In Dangerous Secrets, Iduna earns money by providing technical advice and blueprints to farmers, allowing her to live independently and pay for her own expenses.
These are just a few examples. Many other occupations and businesses appear throughout the Frozen franchise, all of which have been compiled in the "Citizens of Arendelle"-book, compiled by our Archivist @bigfrozenfan.
While occupations show how citizens earn a living, the franchise also provides interesting details about how businesses in Arendelle operate, promote themselves, and compete with one another.
As seen in Frozen 2, Oaken's market stall in the town square of Arendelle uses a cash register, showing an organized method of handling sales and payments. However, neither Oaken's shop (Frozen) nor Oaken's Cloakens and Sauna (Frozen Fever) appears to have a cash register.
We can also see examples of how citizens promote their businesses. In The Fixer Upper, Oaken sponsors a sled for the Polar Nights Ice Harvesting Race, demonstrating that sponsorship can be used to promote a business and increase its visibility within the community.
The same novel also features an example of business competition through a bake-off between two bakeries, suggesting that local businesses in Arendelle compete to attract customers and gain recognition.
More examples can be found in the comics Incredible Display, Let's Help Oaken, and Little Inventors, where Anna and Elsa help Oaken and some children promote their inventions and support their businesses.
Retirement
Beyond working and running businesses, the franchise also provides a small glimpse into retirement as part of citizens' economic lives.
In Breaking Boundaries, a clock maker is preparing to retire from his profession, indicating that retirement is a recognized stage of life within Arendelle's society.
Royal Economic Influence
The previous sections show how ordinary citizens participate in Arendelle's economy. However, as a monarchy, the royal family also plays an important role in supporting businesses, providing resources, and creating economic opportunities for its citizens.
Royal Recognition and Opportunities
The royal family can also influence citizens' careers through official recognition. Elsa awarding Kristoff the title of official Arendelle Ice Master and Deliverer (a title that was seemingly made up just for him) gives formal recognition to his occupation and strengthens his role within Arendelle's economy.
Royal Financial Support
The royal family also appears to have the ability to financially support citizens' economic activities. In Dangerous Secrets, Agnarr offers to provide financial assistance to Iduna for her windmill business.
Royal Services and Resources
Elsa's magical abilities also provide unique resources that can benefit the citizens of Arendelle. In Anna & Elsa #1: All Hail the Queen, she uses her ice magic to create useful items, such as ice boxes and piles of fluffy snow to help preserve crops.
Conclusion
Although the Frozen franchise does not provide a complete explanation of Arendelle's economy, the details found throughout the films, books, and comics reveal a kingdom with its own system of currency, trade, work, and business activities. These small details help create a more complete picture of Arendelle as a living society beyond what is shown on screen.
Big thanks to the Archivists here @virtual-winter (special thanks for your incredible help!) @frozenheart46 @bigfrozenfan @theartoffrozen & @dgzy117 for their help and for sharing valuable information that contributed to this article!
I wondered, is there any deep dives on the jobs and occupations Arendellians have, and things like apartments/living quarters in general. Like where do people just moving to Arendelle go to? Like that boy from The Lost Toy(?), who iirc just moved to Arendelle and lost his fox toy, I know there's bakers, Ice sculptures, etc. but I think there's also a job at the windmill in Dangerous Secrets?? I forgot
Thought it'd be nice to have an analysis on that
Hello anon and thank you so much for your question!
I think you will find at least some answers in the Character names and Places - Shops - Professions-tabs of our "Frozen Facts Spreadsheet", compiled by our member @bigfrozenfan. You will also find a list of known citizens of Arendelle and their professions in his "Citizens of Arendelle"-book.
In this, this and this post by our member @theartoffrozen you will also find some interesting details regarding the architecture of the different town buildings.
In terms of where new Arendelle residents go is to my knowledge an unexplored topic. We know from the novel Forest of Shadows that Arendelle started attracting new inhabitants after the first movie when the gates of the castle were opened–indicating some sort of restriction on immigration during the thirteen years the gates were closed.
Forest of Shadows, ch. 1.
In the novel Dangerous Secrets, Iduna does indeed start a windmill business where she offers technical advice and blueprints to farmers which allows her to save up money to rent a cottage. We learn that she has a landlord and that rent is paid monthly.
Dangerous Secrets, ch. 20.
In a comic called The Little House we see Anna and Elsa and a group of children seek shelter from some rain in a seemingly abandoned house. They essentially occupy the house by making it their "hideout" without anyone protesting. Whether this means there is no housing crisis in Arendelle or that no one dares to say "no" when the queen unexpectedly occupies your property is left to the imagination 😁
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Well folks, here it is. Our 5th anniversary! The quote above comes from my friend @bigfrozenfan shortly after our 4th anniversary and we think it's a perfect summary of the works of Arendelle Archives since its inception in 2021.
The Frozen franchise is a fine example of Disney world-building and with two movies, several short films and numerous novels, books and comics, there is A LOT of material to dig into an analyse. And that has always been the goal of the Archives-project: to provide a platform for fans who want to create their own analysis-projects, write articles, post findings and theories and so on. We want to be a stepping-stone for fans, both old and new, to explore some of the underlying, niche Frozen-topics that only gets a brief mention or hint in the movies. Like, what's the deal with Hans's ship? When was Arendelle founded? How did Runeard build his dam? Are there any accurate maps of Arendelle and other Disney kingdoms? What's the chronology of the movies and the novels? How many named characters are there in Arendelle and why are so many of them called Lars?
These are just a handful of topics that we have explored during our five years and with Frozen III on the horizon, we expect there will be plenty more lore to dig into very soon!
For this special day, our co-founder @saiten-gefroren wanted to share this message:
Today is a special day for us. It's the 5th anniversary of Arendelle Archives!
First, I want to say thanks to our team. It is the participation of us together that makes the Archives flourish and stay creative. Five years ago, we were only 4 members with 2 projects, but take a look at what we've achieved so far: there are 57 members on Discord with a variety of channels to discuss. There's a Tumblr blog where we post completed projects and answer to the questions people asked. We even have a video on YouTube through collaboration. I would say the achievements today have gone beyond my initial expectations, and I'm proud to be a member of Arendelle Archives.
Special thanks to my friend @virtual-winter who has always been enthusiastic and putting a lot of efforts here for all these years. The Archives would not be so lively without his sustained efforts.
Second, we will not stand still by admiring the past, of course. The next five years will be even more exciting! In one year and a little more, Frozen III will come out, followed by Frozen IV. I'm sure that the whole fandom will be heated once again in the next few years, and we royal archivists will get tons of documentations to work on then. I promise the Archives will always be a good platform to share ideas, discuss, collaborate and conduct projects freely.
We have obtained all these achievements together, and we will continue to do this together. The flag of Arendelle Archives will always fly! 🎇🎇🎇
From our Discord-team, we would like to thank everyone who has commented, liked, reblogged and asked questions during these past five years and we're looking forward to the next five!
When he first appeared in the comics, he said that his family were a rightful rulers of Arendelle because of that horn
What if he was telling the truth? What if his family were the rightful rulers?
And if he ever does return into a comics or a graphic novel, what if he finds proof that his family were and still all the rightful rulers of? Arendelle
Hi again, Dragonknights-world,
I just read the comic after you had asked so apologies for the delay in replying! The story in this comic sounds SO interesting and has SO much lore for a regular comic you'd find in magazines. But I'm not complaining, I really enjoyed it! I'm all about the lore! So just allow me to do a breakdown on the story first then I'll get to your question! And for those who want to read the story, here's the link to @virtual-winter's Reddit post to part 1 and 2 of the comic story.
What I love about the story
There's so much about this sorry that I love: I like how we have a new neighbouring kingdom that is potentially related to Arendelle. I love how Elsa was intrigued to know more about Arendelle and her family's history since it could be related to the source of her powers - showing us that she's been wanting to find that out ever since she embraced them in Frozen. And I love how they go to Grand Pabbie for information and then are off to do their adventure, just like they did in Frozen 2. I love how we saw actual animals called Narwhals and how they were part of the story in some way. I liked the little puzzle at the end destination in the cave which led to a display of viking elements like the helmet and then the Lure Horn they were trying to find.
Frozen 3 vibes
felt like a mini movie or book which I loved!
This gave me major Frozen 3 vibes with the vikings being part of Arendelle's Royal family ancestry and somehow it linked to Elsa's powers. The Frozen 3 concept art shows a viking so we know that Frozen 3 will dive further into Norse mythology. Also the stranger who claims he's related to Elsa and Anna through ancient family ties is giving the mysterious member of the royal family set to appear in Frozen 3.
Connection the lore and unintentional Frozen 3 foreshadowing?
Also this kind of builds in my theory on the real reason why Elsa stayed behind in the Forest in From 2, which is because she feared danger now that the forest is free and more magic is exposed to the world and doesn't want history, like her grandfather's war, repeating itself. Thord who claims he's related to the sisters, is after the horn because he believes it could give him powers like Elsa's. So we have people fear Elsa's powers and try to kill her, and we have people who envy her powers and try to get their own set with her help. And obviously now we know Elsa's powers came from Ahtohallan all because it was a gift to Iduna as a reward for her sacrifice. The powers made Elsa and Anna the Fifth Spirit because Ahtohallan knew they could, together, balance humans and magic and save the world when those woe sides turn on each other.
Also instead of the horn giving Thord powers, it is called the Narwhals which means their ancestors are connected to the Narwhals in terms of having a relationship with the Narwhals. It's all part of the lore which I absolutely love and makes me believe Frozen 3 will touch on Arendelle's ancestry. And I hope the Narwhals are featured in the movie because they look majestic and could be other physical animals that the sisters connect with. Plus the horn has carvings inside of it of two sisters holding hands who Elsa and Anna believe are their great great great grandmother (Runeard 's grandmother's grandmother) and her sister and Thord said that the horn carried the strength of their family and Elsa and Anna believe it's the love for each other that's the strength so what if the carving sisters are the Fifth Spirit that was mentioned in the Myth short and Frozen 3 expanded on that hence the viking aesthetic the concept art is giving??! I mean it would make sense why Thord thought the horn would give him powers, because of the magical and literal bond the sisters in the carvings had and hearing about it made him envy for powers like Elsa's.
Reading this comic and coming up with this theory is blowing my mind and making me obsessed with lore!
Also one of these sisters has a cape and a single braid and off the shoulder neckline like Elsa whilst the other has two braids, cuff and neckline details/ designs like Anna and also has a viking helmet to show they're from those times. But I obviously don't know if the fight spirit idea it's hinting at was intentional. This comic was released in December 2016 and Frozen 2 was announced in March 2015 so maybe just maybe the Fifth Spirit thing was always an idea and this comic touched on it for the idea it had. I don't know for sure but either way I love this and this is my strongest headcanon theory that these two above are the Fifth Spirit we were told about in the Myth story which had them falling out of sync with the other elements suddenly and was never seen again. So they weren't a very successful Fifth Spirit as far as we know and Ahtohallan spent centuries looking for the next one through Iduna giving her the daughters who'd be the Fifth Spirit and create balance and harmony between the spirits, magic and humans and we're witnessing their story in hopes they'll be successful and prevent history repeating itself.
The Ask
Okay now to your question, do you think Thord is actually related to the sisters and proves so? Possibly yes! Because if the grandmother had a sister, perhaps she got married to a nearby kingdom or wanted to rule her own kingdom and had the Lur Horn. Perhaps that Lur marked their bond, especially if they were the original Fifth Spirit before Elsa and Anna, and it was stored somewhere safe with other artifacts from their era. And so Thord heard of that story from his kingdom and realized Queen Elsa from Arendelle had powers so he would go to the kingdom and find the Lur that he believed would give him powers but instead it just attracts the Narwhals and is a symbol of the love between Runeard's grandmother's grandmother and her sister who could possibly maybe be Thord's grandfather's grandmother's grandmother.
But overall, as much as I love this comic and their theory/ headcanon, I don't think these comics are strictly canon but then again we can consider them so if we wanted to but I wouldn't expect this mentioned if Frozen 3 has a similar story. Thank you for introducing me to this story because I had no idea how much lore could be in a comic story and give Frozen 3 vibes!
That's all for now but I will make a theory post explaining all this soon! ❄️
Thanks for the tag! Sorry it took me forever to respond 😆
It's so funny to think about the impact of some of the Joe Books Frozen comics despite them being a decade old at this point! And I agree that "Lur thief" is among the most interesting written Frozen stories. The strangest thing about it is the cave puzzle for sure. Who built it? How does it operate? Why does it seem like it's designed to react to Elsa's powers even though the place must be many generations older than her? It reminds me a lot of an old episode of the sci-fi show Stargate SG-1 where the team is stuck on a planet and has to solve a Norse mythology-themed puzzle in a cave.
Here are some of my other thoughts about it.
About Thord
I think it's possible he was telling the truth about his origin, or at least some version of the truth. I doubt his claim about being the rightful heir to the throne was accurate but I really like your theory about him being related to the sister of Anna and Elsa's great-great-great-grandmother.
Not Vikings
Despite their attire, there is no chance Anna and Elsa's great-great-great-grandmother and her sister were Vikings as they lived "only" five generations before the time of Frozen (so probably in the late 1600s or early 1700s). The Viking Age was a period at the end of the Iron Age that lasted from around the late 700s to the mid 1000s, so many many generations earlier. Maybe the artist overestimated how distant of a relative the queen really was or perhaps they intended for the queen to be a big Viking-fan and wanted herself and her sister to be depicted as Viking rulers? This second option is definitely more interesting and is something that I have as a personal headcanon regarding Arendelle's history.
Them being from a "modern" time period also makes sense when you consider that the classic image of the Viking wearing a horned helmet is completely false. This idea was only popularised in the 1800s and has no basis in actual archaeological finds. This is such an easy trap to avoid and unfortunately, the franchise has doubled down on this depiction many times and chances are they might do it in the sequel as well. In the first movie though, something much closer to real Viking armour can be seen in the background:
There is some other Viking memorabilia seen in Arendelle castle both in the movies and the comics so it was probably always a big deal in Arendellian culture.
About the lur
I'm puzzled by the decision to call the horn the "elfenben lur". "Elfenben" is the Swedish word for "ivory" and the horn is definitely made of bronze (confirmed by Grand Pabbie in the story). But perhaps it has ivory decorations?
Bronze horns ("lur") of the type shown in the comic were common in Denmark during the Nordic Bronze Age (ca. 1800 – 500 BC) so it’s possible the kingdom mentioned in the story is meant to be Denmark or possibly The Southern Isles that could have had access to artefacts of that type. It’s also possible it’s simply meant to be a “modern” replica since it was engraved with pictures of existing people.
Your idea about the horn being a gift of friendship from their great-great-great-grandmother's own sister definitely adds more to the story! Much more than I think the author intended.
The engraving inside the bell is also a great example of the level of detail that went into these comics. I can totally see the implied resemblance between the two women and Elsa and Anna (upscaled and edited image):
Some years ago, I wrote an analysis covering Anna and Elsa's relatives that has some information and theories about the "Viking" sisters and other characters that appear in books and comics.
About narwhals
I agree they are some of the coolest creatures in the ocean. There was actually a short story released after Frozen 2 that featured Elsa and Olaf searching for a unicorn but they instead found a narwhal in the fjord. Elsa explains that narwhals are known as "unicorns of the sea." 🦄
About the Fifth spirit
IDK how this comic could possibly play a part in the ongoing Fifth spirit lore. Since Jenn, Trent and others are probably not even aware of its existence, I'm (unfortunately) skeptical it'll have any impact on the continuation of Anna & Elsa's story in Frozen III. But it's still a very cool idea!
About Ødemark Isle
My theory is that this island is (or was) a remote Arendellian colony similar to Iceland or Svalbard (still a part of Norway) that offered plenty of natural resources not found on the mainland: "exotic" game like polar bears, walruses etc., whales, minerals, coal etc. In my headcanon, Ødemark was also [Spoiler Warning for the novel Polar Nights] the intended destination of the prison ship that was meant to transport Princess Inger. And yeah, I'm calling it "Ødemark" since the original Odemark is clearly an anglicised version of the Norwegian and Swedish words for "wasteland".
July 10th 2026 marks the 5th anniversary of the Arendelle Archives-project 🥳
Starting Friday July 10th, we will embark on a celebration of Arendelle's history, geography, lore. And YOU can be a part of it, too! More information coming soon.
Want to join the fun for Frozen Week but don’t know where to start? Here’s some extra ideas! Don’t forget that giving ❤️s, comments, reblogging and supporting creators is participating too! Be sure to check out the Prompts and read the Rules and Posting Guidelines!
Ice — memories, beauty, build a snowman, fragile, statue, special ability, secret identity, misunderstood, white or transparent
~ Tell us about your favourite memory of Frozen or the first time you watched Frozen
~ Create 3D art like a sculpture, paper craft, crochet, baking etc
~ Freeze this moment and take a photo of your Frozen book or merch (etc) collection
Air — forecast/prediction, curious, direction, breath/voice/song/music, freedom, dream, fluff and humour, gold and pastel
~ Analyse song lyrics or play/sing your own version of your favourite peice of Frozen music
~ Draw art inspired by a Frozen song or a song that reminds you of Frozen
~ Fluff fic about awkward dreams or dreams coming true or suddenly being without restriction
Fire — feisty pants, alternative powers, up in flames, passion, adventure, danger, grumpy x sunshine, red and yellow
~ Elsa with fire/other powers or give her powers to another character
~ Body swap, genderbent characters, make all the ‘good’ characters ‘bad’ and vice versa
~ Go on an adventure beyond Arendelle and tell us about other kingdoms in the Frozen-verse
Water — timeline/history, go with the flow, fresh start, battle, intuition, enemies to lovers, blue and green
~ Character mood board or gallery of their outfits from canon/non-canon
~ What is Elsa’s new life in the Enchanted Forest like? What happened in the mist?
~ Modern or historical AU, mermaid!Au, nautical!AU
Earth — digging deep/analysis, giant, mother, grass roots, forest, inheritance, location, brown and charcoal
~ Make a sepia toned video, gif set or art
~ Imagine the characters as parents. What would their children look like?
~ Explore the Norwegian, Sami and Norse cultures that influenced elements of Frozen
Spirit — concept development, magic, symbolism, bridge, lost and found, hurt and comfort, purple and silver
~ Design the next motif or banner of Arendelle for F3 with the colours purple and silver
~ Explore influences from Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Snow Queen’ as they relate to Frozen
~ Your reflections on the latest interviews with the frozen cast and creators of the journey to create the Frozen film
Love — answers, acceptance,, first kiss, kudos, friends and family, heartbreak, sacrifice, pink and black
~ Fic including a rare pair of theme of found family or redemption
~ What happened to Agnarr and Iduna on the ship in the dark sea
~ Character appreciation post, art or gif set
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Get ready for a whole week of frosty fun during Frozen Week 14-20th September 2026! Create original fan content that celebrates Disney’s Frozen based on daily prompts.
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Frozen Week 2026 Prompts — text version
Ice — memories, beauty, build a snowman, fragile, statue, special ability, secret identity, misunderstood, white or transparent
Air — forecast/prediction, curious, direction, breath/voice/song/music, freedom, dream, fluff and humour, gold and pastel
Fire — feisty pants, alternative powers, up in flames, passion, adventure, danger, grumpy x sunshine, red and yellow
Water — timeline/history, go with the flow, fresh start, battle, intuition, enemies to lovers, blue and green
Earth — digging deep/analysis, giant, mother, grass roots, forest, inheritance, location, brown and charcoal
Spirit — concept development, magic, symbolism, bridge, lost and found, hurt and comfort, purple and silver
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Frozen Week 2026 is a week-long fan event on Tumblr (and fanfic collection on ao3) which will run during September 14-20th, 2026. Each day of the Week will be assigned a prompt. Choose one or more of the prompts to inspire you to create an original fan work that celebrates/explores Disney’s Frozen. Fan works shared on Tumblr and tagged with @frozen-week during Frozen Week will be reblogged on the day of the prompt used and included in a ‘round up’ collection post once the event has concluded.
You don’t have to create your work on the day of the prompt, just post it that day. You do not have to fill more than one prompt unless you wish to.
Please read below for more details.
Rules
If it’s something to do with Frozen and you made it yourself, you’ll be a happy snowman!
~ This is an inclusive event and all fan works are welcome, including but not limited to art/graphics, GIFs, animation, video, fiction writing (stories, prose), non fiction writing (opinions and analysis), sharing favourite memories, podcasts, original/cover songs etc.
~ Your work must include or focus on a character/s, lore, visual, musical or story elements of the Disney Frozen franchise featured in any of the motion pictures, short films, books, songs, theatre adaptions etc.
~ All content including OCs, ratings and content is permitted, but please tag appropriately (see posting guidelines).
~ Create your own new and original content. New chapters/sequels/redraws to existing works are permitted. Works generated by AI or created by someone else and used without permission will not be reblogged.
~ Intentional ‘bashing’ of characters, pairings, creators etc is not in the spirit of this event and such works will not be reblogged, disrespectful users will be blocked.
Posting Guidelines
~ Post your work/a link to your work on another platform in a Tumblr post on the day of the prompt that inspired it.
~ Include @frozen-week in the body of your Tumblr post to ensure your work will be reblogged in the event and included in the ‘round up’ collection post. We wouldn’t want to miss you!
~ (optional) Include the Frozen Week 2026 banner at the top of your post if you wish. Download banner from this post with right or long-click and save the image.
~ Use tags #frozen week and/or #frozen week 2026 and the prompt you are using, as well as content warnings (rating, common triggers, kinks, NSFW etc) and descriptive tags (characters, ships, canon/AU, fandom crossover etc) to help users navigate their experience.
~ Late submissions are welcome! However, they might not be included in the event round-up master post.
AO3 Collection
An open, moderated AO3 collection for Frozen Week 2026 can be found under Frozen_Week_2026.
Post a new work to your AO3 account and at the Collections line search for Frozen_Week_2026 or follow the [link] and click post to collection. Use appropriate tags (see above).
The collection will be revealed on the first day of the event, but drafts and finished fics may be added prior to the event. Remember to change your publication date to the day of your prompt, or the day you post for late submissions.
Got a question? Feel free to direct message @frozen-week or put it in the ‘ask’ box.
May Arendelle prosper under your reign, all hail to Queen Anna! ❄️
Even though Anna has soooo many beautiful outfits, this outfit is still one of my all time favorites, soo I decided to make a series of simple edits with this particular outfit 💙
Anddd today is Father's Day as well, sooo Happy Father's Day to King Agnarr! ❤️ But unfortunately I wasn't able to make an edit for him today so I'll probably work on it and post it next week instead, sorry Agnarr 😭
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We know that Kristoff and the Northuldras was inspired by the Saami, but after Frozen 2 placing Anna and Elsa as the descendants I left this aside, however, today I found a connection in the films!
Until then, only the Northuldras seemed to know about the Fifth Spirit, but there is another group that knows about Elsa's power and how it works, the ice collectors!
In the opening song of Frozen they talk about her, and I know this was just a resource used and aimed at us, but when we go back to the world of Frozen it's interesting for them to know.
Despite this, I don't think they stayed out of the forest the day it was sealed, but rather that it was a group that went to Arendelle much earlier and their legends ended up being diluted over time.
This aligns perfectly with my headcanon about Kristoff and the ice harvesters in Arendelle being a different branch of the Northuldra people. I like calling them the Southuldra as a reference to them both having one common ancestor: the "Uldra" people. You can actually find Northuldra spelled out as "North uldra" on the back of a book that is part of the scenery at Frozen Kingdom in Tokyo, indicating to me they are merely the northern branch. And since Northuldra is a name given to them by outsiders, it seems like a rational way to distinguish them from their southern relatives living in Arendelle.
As shown in the novel Dangerous secrets (ch. 22), the ice harvesters clothes are apparently so similar to those of the Northuldra that Iduna mistakes an ice harvester woman for her own people.
This passage also reveals a lot of other interesting stuff: the ice harvesters are nomads just like the Northuldra and sing the same kind of songs. I also find the line about the Northuldra having "expanded quite a bit before the day of the dam" interesting as it could mean there had been Northuldra living outside of the mist for over 30 years by the time of the movies.
Outside the movies and novels, a few comic books show that other members of Kristoff's people appear to be limited to only two lines of profession: ice harvesting and reindeer herding, possibly indicating they are only allowed to have these jobs and that they possibly belong to a different class than other Arendelle citizens.
There is an interesting comic called This land is our land that brings up a conflict between reindeer herders and muskox farmers and I've always seen it as a parallel to real-life conflicts of interest between the Sámi and Scandinavian settlers. In the end though, both groups are convinced they are dependent on each other.
One reindeer herder named Yan reappears in the comic Reindeer games.
Also about magic, I've always found it interesting Kristoff wasn't the slightest bit surprised about Anna's question about seeing magic on the North Mountain and I do fancy the idea that his people has a deeper connection with folklore and mythology and treat magic as something more "everyday" compared to the average Arendellian (although that could of course be unique to him as he grew up with trolls).
I really hope Frozen III will explore Kristoff's family and that we'll learn something about his people.
We finally decided to look into the theory that Anna's Frozen Fever-birthday happened on a Tuesday, as suggested by these “news articles” found on bulletin boards near the Frozen attractions at EPCOT and Disneyland Paris.
We all know Anna was born on the summer solstice sometime in the early 1800s. The summer solstice in Norway alternates between June 20th-22nd, meaning there are several possible candidates for the date of Anna’s birthday.
We consulted the sites https://www.rocketcalendar.com/ and https://www.timeanddate.com/ to obtain data for calendar dates and solstice dates for Norway (Oslo) in the the early to mid-1800s.
Solstice and equinox data from timeanddate.com
We then set the condition of wanting either the 21st or the 22nd day of June (Frozen Fever) to be a Tuesday and matched this with the date of the summer solstice 19 years earlier. For the sake of convenience, we chose to limit the analysis to the years 1840-1859. This resulted in the following table:
As you can see, there are a few matches but unfortunately not as many as we had hoped. When a leap year happens, the calendar days get pushed forward two dates instead of one, causing June 21st to “miss” a Tuesday at one occasion (1848).
There are still four instances in the 1840s and 50s when the date for a Tuesday on June 21st or 22nd match with the date of a summer solstice 19 years earlier: in 1841, 1853, 1858 and 1859 (and likely a few more in the following decades).
1841 gets disqualified because it does not add up with the timeline established in Frozen II, where the shipwreck map indicates Agnarr and Iduna’s voyage could not have happened before 1840, meaning Frozen Fever must take place in 1844 or later.
The other three dates are possible candidates. Only downside being they do not take place in the 1840s.
Calendars from rocketcalendar.com
Is this "news article" from the Southern Isles Gazette trustworthy? Because of how much the only possible years for Frozen Fever deviates from the established idea that "Frozen takes place in the 1840s", we would say details like these found in the Disney parks or elsewhere that are most likely written without the supervision of the filmmakers should probably not be interpreted as "truths" straight away. They can be fun details when they work with and complement the established Frozen-timeline. When they don't work they're instead an annoyance for us fans who wish the world of Frozen was one cohesive universe with greater attention to the little details.
We will return shortly and analyse a similar matter concerning the calendar featured in the anthology-book A Year with Elsa & Anna.
